Heater.



W. R. JEAVONS. HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 26, 1912.

1,061,079. Patented May 6, 1913.

WILLIAM B..JEAVONS, F CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HEATER.

1,061,079. Original application filed July 22, 1911,

Specification of Letters latent. Patented May 6, 1913.

Serial No. 039,991. Divided was applieat'ion filed October 26, 1912. Serial No. 727,864.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that L'wlnmm R. JEAVONS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Heaters, of which the followin is a full, clear, and exact description, re erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to oil stoves and more particularly to stoves of this class which are known to the trade as heaters.

It is the general purpose of this invention to provide alconstructlonwhereby the legs WhlCll support the stove'may bein simultaneous engagement with the floor or other supporting surface notwithstanding the size and number of the irregularities 'in such surface.

While the construction disclosed herein is capable of general application and is useful in connection with stoves or-heaters as heretofore most commonly constructed, the invention is of particular advantage in connec-.

tion with a stove wherein enameled metal is em loyed, the cormection between the 1e and the stove body, and more particular y the connection between the base rin and the body (drum base) being designe in such manner as to prevent the cracking or chipping of the enamel coating.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an .eflici'ent connection between the body or drum base of such a stove and the legs which will permit the stove to be conveniently transported without rocking or rattling of the parts.

This application is a division of my rior application filed July 22, 1911, Serra No. 639,991. I

Referring to the drawings forming part hereof Figure 1 represents a vertical sectional view taken through the lower portion of a heater constructed in accordance with my invention, the burner and reservoir being shown in elevation exce ting that a portion of the reservoirv is bro en away to disclose the means of securing t ether the various parts; Fig. 2 a horizonta cross sec tional view corresponding to the line 22 of Fig. 1. and looking downwardly, the burner and reservoir being omitted; Fig. 3 a sectional detail correspondingto the line 3 --3 of Fig. 2.; and Fig. 4 a detail in elevatlon illustrating the manner in which the heater may be supported on all ofits legs notwithstanding a considerable unevenness of the supporting surface.

Describing by reference characters the va- IlOllS parts illustratedherein, 1 indicates a cylindrical drum which may be of enameled sheet metal, restlng at its bottom upon a seat provided upon the upper face of the annular cone plate 3, said'cone platelbeing provided In the present embodiment at its periphery with a depending skirt 5 and at its inner aperture with a depending collar 7. The drum and its associated parts are supported by the drum base 13, which is also preferably of enameled metal, any suitable connect-ion between sald drum base and'said drum being employed, but preferably the means disclosed and claimed in the parent application hereinbefore mentioned. The lower end of the drum base 13 rests upon what I term the ring base, the latter having a cylindrical port on 14. at its upper end adapted to sleeve within the drum base and a rounded and downwardly projectin skirt 15 below this cylindrical portion. he u per end of the cylindrical portion is provi ed, in the present embodiment, with a pair of integral, oppositely-arranged, inwardly-extending, segmental, flange projections 16, 16, and with a pair of oppositely-arranged, inwardly-extending, flange projections 17 and 18. The

flanges17 and 18 are arranged diametrically veniently located between the flange projec--- tions 16, 17, and 18 and each having an elon gated, vertically-extendin' slot 20 therein. The ring base is made of exible or yielding sheet metal for a purpose to he described.

The ring ba'se 15 has 1e s 25 suitably attaehed thereto and is .itsel connected to the drum base 13 by means of rivets 26 extending through holes in the drum base and throu the elongated slots20 in the'lugs 19. hese slots are not only elongated but are of greater width than their corresponding rivet holes in the drum base, whereby a certain amount of play between the ring base and the drum base is permitted, while preventing the actual separation of the parts, as when the stove is lifted by means of the bail usually provided and applied to the drum. 7

As will. appear by reference to Fig. 4, the ring base is made of thin, resilient metal, and the drum base 13 is yieldingly connected thereto by the slots 20 and rivets 26., By this pin-and-slot connection and the resilience of the ring base, I am enabled to secure a firm footing for the stove or heater on an in regular surface without straining the parts which the legs support. By seating the stove upon the surface, the legs will enerally be forced to contact with the sur ace by the weight of the parts supported thereby, notwithstanding a considerable irregularity in the supporting surface. This ac tion and adaptability are illustrated, in a somewhat exaggerated degree, in Fig. I,

wherein one of the legs is shown as resting upon anelevation 27. This will naturally tend to lift the intermediate legs from the floor. Owing to the resilience of the ring base, these legs'may be brought into contact with the door or supporting surface by the springing of the ring base-downwardly between the points 28 and 29, the yielding or pin-and-slot connection between the drum base and the ring base permitting the downward deflection or springing of the base even by. the weight of the parts supported by the legs.

In the present embodiment I have illustrated an oil reservoir 21 having an an nular rib 21, whereby the same may be sup orted through-the, instrumentality of the auges 16, 16, and also .having "a burner indicated generally at 23 and a gallery 22 surrounding the same, said gallery being arranged to be engaged by the collar 7 when the drum and its associated parts are lowgred into operative "position upon the drum It will of course be understood that any suitable or convenient form of reservoir, burner, etc, may be employed in connection with the invention herein disclosed and claimed, as well as any suitable method for supporting the same in place. Likewise it will be understood that while I have described my improvement as being particularly advantageous in connection with a stove made in part of enameled metal, it is because my construction adords particular advantages in connection with such metal, and not because I intend to limit the application of the invention to the same, masmuch as the construction herein disclosed is of great value irrespective of the kind of material employed in the drum and drum base. It will, therefore, be understood that, while I have described my invention in detail and particularly pointed out the 00H struction which my experience has indiworm o cated as being most desirable, I do not confine myself to either the uses or the construction set forth, except as the same may be positively included in the claims hereto annexed or may be rendered necessary by. w

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2. The combination of a. stove body, legs therefor, and means flexibly connecting the said legs and body.

3. In a stove, the combination. of a base ring of flexible metal, legs projecting fi-om said ring, a drum base adapted to be seated upon said ring, and a pin-and-slot connection between said base and said ring.

4. In a stove, the combination of a flexihis base ring, legs projecting from said 7 ring, a drum base adapted to be supported by said ring, and a lost-motion connection between said base and said ring.

5. In a. stove, the combination. of a base ring of flexible metal, a drum base, legs secured to and depending from said ring, upward ly extending lugs carried by said ring and located adjacent to the drum base, said 9 lugs being provided each with an aperture, and connecting devices carried by the drum base and securing the same to said lugs, said apertures being larger than said devices, whereby relative movement between the drum base and ring is permitted.

6. In a-stove, the combination of a base ring, a drum base, upwardly extendin lugs carried by said ring and located adjacent to the inner wall of the drum base, said lugs being provided each with an aperture, and connecting devices carried by the drum base and securing the same to said lugs,

said apertures being larger than said devices whereby relative movement between the drum base and ring is permitted.

7 A stove comprising in combination a body portion, a flexible support, means yieldingly' connecting said support and said body portion, and legs connected to said necting devices carried by the body portion 130 of the stove and securing the same to the In testimony whereof, I hereunto affix my lugs, the perforations in. the lugs being signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

larger than the connecting devices whereby WILLIAM R. J EAVONS. relative movement between the supportand Witnesses: 5 the stove body is permitted, and legs con- J. B. HULL,

nected to said support. BRENNAN B. WEST. 

